7.26.2007

I don't can what any one has to say about the man he is my opinion is doin the damn thing. He is doing what I want to to working in the two field that give me the most joy comics and video games and he get paid for it as well. Now that is the live is I do say so my self. He and Jim Lee are my all time favorite Comic Book Artist hands down I and work like this proves it.

7.25.2007

Well I know this is kinda late, but I did for the first time ever attend otakon, this year I had planning on going to an otakon for years, every since my boy Chris showed me so of the swag he got in '02, an every year I have do work or I just forgot until that day because i was working.

So, finally I got a chance to go and I have to say that was ill. I only got to go for one day sat. but it was still an amazing event. it filled up all of the Baltimore convention center. the event was massive which it dwarfs in comparison with balticon which is like one main area and a few rooms. For the most part I was just taking all of the art in and mulling it over in my in head, It did not matter if it was costumes or art, anime or manga I was being artistically inspired by it all. It was really cool seeing all of these people who loved the art form as much as I did some even more from the way the dress and reacted to others. By 2 o'clock I was exhausted from walking around and my eyes kinda hurt from the looking at all of the bright cos players.

On that note those who cam to the con in costume, did your thing I saw some of the most amazing costume I ever seen at con. I will have to post the few pics I did get, later. Go a chance to see the witchblade anime it wasn't bad but it wasn't all that good either. The anime it self was well drawn but the story was tongue and cheek with allot of fan service as well as few punch line thrown in there.

On to the main event for me at least was the artist alley and dealer room. both areas were huge and packed with things to do. In the artist alley got to meet and my some great artwork from some fellow deviant artist ( deviantart.com). An the dealer room was great found out about some anime which I was look for, Especially Karas and some I did not know existed like Freedom. Which might I say look a whole lot like Akira.

I was not gonna stay until 2 in the morning so I got out of there around 6 in evening.

In conclusion for me the show was amazing, I had allot of fun and became inspired artistically about somethings, I am going to do it for the whole weekend next year.

7.20.2007

I wanted to show the beginnings of classic blaque and where I started to expand my artistic base. So I raided my my portfolio and hard drives to find to key example of what would later become prime example of New Media Digital Textiles.

7.12.2007

Well I am lovin that Nintendo is stepping up the games coming out for the wii and the fact that several games are coming out with online play. I wish I could be at E3 in some form to see what they had first hand.

7.09.2007

Welcome to Classic Blaque which is basically, the other side to artist and creator William Anderson. Some of you may know me most of you don't, I am a comic artist, concept art and 3D modeler but as this Blog will show soon show, I am so much more. This is just another way to promote my craft that can not necessarily be shown where I currently have most of my art work uploaded.I have been rolling the idea of a Blog around in my head for ages and finally got the nerve to create one and besides it's free. So It's no skin of my nose, if it fails or succeeds. In the coming days, weeks. months, I hope to present another side to my artwork for the world to see ( and it's not none of that freaky stuff either). and I wil still be uploading comic book stuff up here too.

With that said, I am know going to shut up and have fun with the blogging thing.

The Other Side of the Art

Some of you may know me as ill will, urban fanboy or just Blaquejag. I am a freelance Illustrator, Comic Book Artist, Graphic Designer, Web Designer and Concept artist and I dabble in few other things here and there.
I graduated from BSU with a degree in Computer Graphics and even before that, I have had a chance worked with a few studios and companies as well as authors and writers on many projects and continue to do so.
These blogs are about the art that you may not get to see from me, but now you will.